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Once heading out to the gym he could see that the place seemed fairly small, but it was good enough. And it seemed quiet...that will help him. So once they got in, there was just Muscles who sat there on the ring, waving to them so they know where to go. Jaylan could only look at his outfit which was just tannish-capris, a blue t-shirt with a black hoodie vest. He got up on the ring as the man asked if he wanted a warm up. Jaylan nodded as he stretched his arms and legs before getting into a fighting position. He hoped he can handle this, although the stress was getting to him. He did know some fighting, basic self-defense anyways and maybe ways how to get someone down so he could flee...but he didn't call himself an 'expert'.

Fighting turned out to be not that bad, although Jaylan was hesitant on punching Muscles since he promised his Mom he would never do this again. He knew it....the kid that had to get his face reconstructed after he refused to listen to Jaylan. A bullying incident, Jaylan inside knew he deserved it, but in the end, it was best to get an adult to handle it....not a fist to the face and forcing them to go through surgery. It was not worth ruining someone's life for such petty conditions. Then again...Jaylan saw bullying...how bad it could be through TV and movies....some of those bullies deserved more than a smackdown.

When Muscles panted, so did Jaylan. Although Jaylan had his hands on above his knees, bending down to paint. He needed to get a breather and when Jaylan thought it was over, it ended being that Kaine came in there and now it was round two. the blonde boy had a right to panic now! Remembering what happened yesterday with the fight at the gas station, and his promise to toughen him up. It spelled out T-R-O-U-B-L-E! Jaylan got back to his fighting position, had to remember to not be afraid and keep calm. Although for some reason, Jaylan had a blush across his cheeks...and that was bad because he might have to admit his sexuality if 'Kaine' discovers he had a blush on his cheeks, reacting to Kaine taking off his shirt and exposing his bare chest. He got in a fighting position and now knew he better make a good fight!

*Result of Random Number*

Jaylan was on the ground now, his throat hurt a lot, his nose was bleeding and it was guaranteed he had a black eye and a bruised rib. But Jaylan was somewhat relieved to know he had a few hits in....although he knew there were some punches Kaine got at him that Jaylan could've easily dodged or blocked...or some stupid attack that Kaine easily blocked and counter struck. He wiped his forehead as he felt the blood from the nose drip down to the ground. He just wanted to sit there and rest up a few since fighting the two guys.

Jaylan panted as he stared up at Muscles and Kaine as they talked. Jaylan had to breath in and breath out, even though it hurt to do so. Then there was stood Kaine who had a smirk and semi-complimented Jaylan that he didn't do bad. Well..at least he did well. When Kaine's hand was out, Jaylan hoped his face didn't turn red as he took the hand and got up, although he realized his legs were wobbly from standing his ground for longer than normal. So Jaylan had to slowly regain balance. Once he was up, an arm was around his shoulders and went to a headlock. That was something Jaylan was confused about...WHAT WAS GOING ON?! Was this another move?! Thankfully the shock lasted long enough for Jaylan to understand Kaine was not continuing the fight. In fact, it was to say he underestimated him and that if he can get better, he might survive a real fight with him. "Maybe..." He responded, as he had a small smile on his face.

Once Kaine got Jaylan off of a chokehold, the both of them exited from the ring as both of them were given water and Jaylan ice. Jaylan heard Muscles saying Boss gave him a number. "I'm not surprised." He then softly pushed ice pack onto the eye as he heard Kaine telling him to catch something, Jaylan immediately caught the towel with one hand as he wiped his face from sweat. "I am so hot right now....I hate being heated." He mumbled to himself as he loved being cold, so sometimes certain exercises he didn't like unless it was for swimming. So he drank the water bottle in a good, few big gulps before tossing the bottle as well. He then saw that Kaine and Muscles were using the machine so Jaylan thought why not try them. He never used them before but it would be cool to try. So his first machine was the Hammer Strength machine which helped his legs and feet out, it seemed to be a good thing for him as he was new to fitness. He did this for awhile, maybe fifteen minutes before finding another machine; the Lat Pull Down machine where he pulled the bar down toward his chest and squeezed his back. This definitely felt different...and in a way, it felt great! So when Kaine looked his way he had a smile. "Hey Boss, are we leaving?"

That was the first time Jaylan actually called Kaine something the man preferred.

Jaylan had his hands up. "I got enough for the day." He stood up as he could see the guy seemed better. Jaylan could tell from this morning, Kaine was not in a good mood, so what had gone through the gym made him better. Jaylan followed him outside to where Jaylan moaned slightly on the cold. "GOD! That feels good!" He smiled as he then followed him to the car, told that he will spend most of his time at the gym and with Brains. "I see..." He responded as he followed.

What was not known was someone was watching them, maybe Kaine and Muscles spotted it but not Jaylan. The figure hid in the shadows seeing the three men exiting and getting the car. Trembling hands held onto the edge of the building as eyes watched the car take off. He knew two of the three; one was the leader the gang tried to fight, and the other....the blonde boy...he would never forget the punches that stabbed his face and forced him to go through surgery. He growled as he got on the phone. "Hey....you remember the kid that I had a bad experience with?.....Yeah, I found him....he's with the Lazaro's....we need the leader out of the way in order to go through with this.....It's time I have him feel what I felt." The male voice growled as he ended the call.

The three got back to the base in which Jaylan realized his body was very sore from fighting the two. He stared at his arm to see it was forming bruises as well. "I will use the bathtub to help with this if you need me.....oh...by the way, who brought the stuff in my room yesterday?" He waited until Kaine answered before leaving to go inside the house and use the bathroom. He turned the knob to get it to luke warm. He could see it had jets so he stripped off the smelly clothes and got inside the tub, staying there for awhile and feeling very good, as he hated hot water so he let himself relax on the tub as he took many breaths and washed his hair and body to get rid of the bodily fluids before being able to dry himself and wrap a towel around him to get back to his room and change into basic clothes as he went down the steps and brought rhe french book with him. But first, he needed to make lunch...a quick one...he knew Muscles and Kaine would be hungry. So in 25 minutes he made a Quick Beef Stir-Fry over white jasmine rice as it will be best to get some meat and vitamins in. "BOSS! I MADE LUNCH! AND EVERYONE ELSE IS WELCOME TO GET SOME!" He then got to the table and laid two bowls; one bowl held rice and the other held the beef stir-fry so people can customize if they want more rice or more beef stir-fry. Jaylan got his servings and ate his food, drank the milk, while studying french at the dining room table.

Jaylan nodded as it seemed like he had a good afternoon off...maybe he can go do something...maybe he can go for a walk and understand the town he lived in. For that, once he was done eating and storing leftovers, he had the cell phone that was in the room this morning and went through the door. He felt pretty good knowing he could take a walk, and it seemed like his body would need it anyways. He then wondered if he should go explore a Michael's or an art gallery in a way. So with that he checked the cell phone and saw that he had the phone numbers for 'Boss', 'Lauren', 'Brains', 'Muscles'...and other names. So he then decided to go to Boss and leave the voicemail...but he'll do that once he reaches somewhere.

He got into the town where it seemed...'ok'. It was not a perfect, utopian area...but it wasn't a dystopian either. It seemed average which was fine, and that made him smile. So with that, he got on the phone and created a voice message through the phone. "Hey, sorry I didn't let you know before I left but I didn't know if you were gonna be busy and would rather not be interrupted. I decided to take a walk around town-" He kept on walking as he then went to the Art Gallery. "-Found some pretty good art galleries...might even explore Michaels since it always has awesome art supplies. I'll send another message when I am heading back." He ended the voice message and it sent as he went through the beautiful art galleries of Thomas Kinkaid...the biggest inspiration to him. After exploring that, he went to an antique store and he could only smile at the history of such.

He had explored for a good few hours before he then sent another voicemail to 'Kaine'. "Hey, it's me again...Blondie...Jaylan....whatever I have to call myself now. I am heading back. The place is nice, and I did see some stores around here which are awesome. So I'll be heading back soon, and if you guys need to-....what the? Hmm...weird...thought I saw something...well anyways, I'll be he-AUGH!" The message would end by the sounds of banging on the floor and the sounds of grunts and fists against fists. The message would send when no more sounds could be detected by the phone.

Jaylan was able to fight off some of the men, as he remembered most of the moves Kaine used against him. Later on, it ended up being very hard so he had to pull in the garbage bin and push-kick it to them so that Jaylan could grab the phone and climb up on the roofs to run off. He knew there were people trying to beat him up but he had no idea why! So he kept on running the roof and he could hear gunshots, although Jaylan did not pay attention, something told him to keep running, as his feet kept him ahead of the people. He jumped down from the roofs immediately and sprinted through the forests so he could not be seen. Since living there homeless, he climbed up the trees and hid up above as he then could hear the many men...which were familiar...it was the men Kaine fought yesterday! Well..some of them since he remembered Kaine handling them pretty well.

"Where the f*ck did he go?!"

"That fool runs fast, why are we hunting him again?"

"Boss says so, no reason was given."

"Do we really want to go lengths to kidnap some Lazaro rookie?"

"I was told that it was no rookie, he did make the Boss' cousin have facial reconstruction surgery." Jaylan had his eyes widen as he could see the two walked away trying to find the runaway blonde kid. Jaylan found a good time to jump down and run back to the Lazaro home. It took him a bit, and what Jaylan did not realize from the panic of fleeing was that he got shot in the side, so his blue shirt had a big, huge black stain on his shoulders and upper leg as the realization made Jaylan have a hard time trying to walk anymore. He slammed the door multiple times. "HEY! HEY! HURRY UP! PLEASE! OPEN UP!"

Jaylan had no strength to really fight back at this point, even when he was carried bridal style like a woman would be held by her knight in shining armor. So taken to the car, he could feel his shirt taken off to where his pale body had a deep-red liquid pouring out from the side, which made him wince in pain. He coughed as he knew he had gotten some beating onto it...and his body had a hard time fighting since he had been fighting Muscle and Kaine..now fighting more guys took a toll off his body so he could not move anymore.

"Those guys....you fought at the gas station...I recognized them while...I was chased. I thought the town was your territory so I thought it would ok.....It wasn't a random attack......*cough* I ended parkouring and climbing a tree.....to escape....seems like someone knows me.....and I know who it was....it was revenge against me.....god it hurts...." He had to stay looking at Kaine even though it was getting hard to keep his eyes open, since he was so tired. "Revenge for me....beating him so badly he had....to go to an emergency room to get surgery......or so I think.....I might be wrong." He then saw the vision was blurry to him as he felt a lot of pain. "I tried...to fight back....five guys....I am not that strong though man... I am not sure if I can be....a fighter...I promised Mother....to never let myself get violent....ever again..." He was having a harder time trying to stay awake as his eyes were having a hard time trying to stay awake. "Sorry.....I didn't know it was gonna...turn out like this....if I knew..I would've stayed inside...."

Jaylan nodded, he will try as best as possible to stay conscious. In the meantime, though, everything was almost silent until Kaine asked how was the art. That got Jaylan to widen his eyes and do a pained laugh. "Really?....Well...I saw the Thomas Kinkade exhibits, I always liked his style....I think he's the reason I wanted to do my own someday. Be famous as him? Nah.....I am not expecting fame...but I do want my style to be like his...." He could hear the car stopping and that made Jaylan wince as he was lifted off the car again. He lost consciousness right there and then, his body lost the fight to stay awake. He didn't wake up until after the procedure was complete.

He woke up many hours later, in a room where it was slightly cold. Jaylan liked the cold, but in this situation...he would like it to be a little warm right now...just a little bit. He snuggled with all his might on the blankets as he felt something on his face; oxygen masks....he took it off so that he could talk. Just when he did that, two people came in...two familiar faces. "Ah! Miss Lauren and Boss. So sorry for the inconvenience I put you all through." He tried to give off a smile but his face turned solemn. "I know who it is...can't believe I have to face the past again.....if you don't mind me speaking for awhile but....when I was little, I beat up a rich kid because he was abusing one of the servant kid's I grew up with. I did it so badly he had to go to the hospital. My mom grew scared, because well...I guess it was how my Father went to jail. The boy I beat up had to have his face reconstructed and as far as I knew, he was not seen for a long time. When I was up in the trees, it seemed like that boy is the cousin of the boss...Colbats you said, boss? Seems like they want me....sigh, this is not a position I wanna be in." He brushed some of the fringes out of his face. "But now after this experience....I have no choice but to brush up the fighting. I know I am breaking a promise to my mother...but I know she will understand these cirsumstances."